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The way in which information is presented is inappropriate for people who are not experts in politics or in the field of science, or art. Morning programs for housewives question their intelligence and it seems that producers consider women to be fools thinking only about cooking, sewing and cosmetics. Moreover, there is not a sufficient range of sport or educational proposals. Sometimes we cannot choose a suggestion which best serves our interests. Therefore, we are even forced to watch programs in which we are not interested or we can only switch off our TV set. For instance, Polish television gives people a choice only between a few sport disciplines and does not present enough transmissions from international events. It is also very difficult to find a suitable educational program and it is even impossible to learn a foreign language from television courses, especially if we do not think about English, German or French and we are adults working in the morning. Furthermore, our television programs are broadcast in the hours which do not suit most viewers. The most interesting films are broadcast at midnight or we can watch the funniest comedy series only in the morning. A further problem is the inappropriateness of some children productions, mainly films. Children watch these films in the morning or in the afternoon when their parents are at work and cannot control what the kids do. For that reason television should introduce more severe censorship of programs intended for children and teenagers. These long hours which they spend watching stupid films have an influence on their present and future behaviour. We can easily notice that the problem of showing violence and pornography in television is frequent at present. It is not so difficult to find a film or a cartoon full of blood and agression at three o'clock in the afternoon, or a film containing pornographic scenes at eight o'clock at night. Too much violence can desensitise us to real-life horrors. This also shows us that more control is needed on the part of television.